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Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 2, pp. 4–6, March–April, 1965
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Ékman, V.E. Determining the lower plastic limit of soil by pressing. Soil Mech Found Eng 2, 74–77 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01704768
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